Everyone's eyes were almost fixed on Xiao Chen.
What's going on?
As Xiao Chen stepped forward, everyone's heads began to move.
Suddenly, a very interesting situation formed...
After Xiao Chen came to his seat, he saluted again and said:
"Xiao Chen has met your majesty, long live your majesty!"
In fact, all the courtiers present were not just confused.
For example, Zhou Tianfu's mood is different...
His eyes widened.
If Xiao Chen was under house arrest, how could he have a bastard mark on his face?
And Zhou Tianfu is also a very flexible person.
He felt that this should be done by a child, and the only child in the palace was the prince.
And Xiao Chen is the one who teaches the prince.
Could it be that Xiao Chen was not under house arrest at all yesterday, but stayed in the palace to teach the prince?
Zhou Tianfu suddenly felt something was wrong, and his heartbeat accelerated.
When Chu Yanwu saw Xiao Chen's appearance, he snorted and asked again:
"Xiao Chen, what's going on with you? Disobedience in front of the palace is not a good thing!"
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly, cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty! Xiao Chen did not do this on his own initiative... Please give Xiao Chen a chance to explain!"
Chu Yanwu chuckled and said in a cold voice: "Say it!"
Xiao Chen quickly explained: "Your Majesty, Xiao Chen is troubled by the Ninth Prince. Last night, didn't you ask me to accompany Prince Jiu to read at night? The Ninth Prince is innocent and lively by nature, and Xiao Chen is a manipulative person. If this is the case, something has happened!”
After hearing this, the surrounding ministers suddenly realized.
No wonder Xiao Chen's face looked like this.
It turned out to be the Ninth Prince who painted it?
However, listening to the rumors that the Ninth Prince was usually arrogant and arrogant, it was not a very hard-to-understand knowledge.
But Chu Yanwu's heart began to beat loudly.
What is this situation? Why is it different from the news I found out?
"Something happened?"
Chu Yanwu frowned slightly: "I asked you to teach the Ninth Prince. Who is the Ninth Prince? He is a member of the royal family. How can you not do your best when teaching?"
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly, with a hint of depression in his tone: "Your Majesty, don't say that! Xiao Chen has already tried his best, and the reason why he has this bastard on his face is because he is not willing to discipline the Ninth Prince cruelly!"
There were more clouds on Chu Yanwu's face: "Reluctant to discipline? As the saying goes, a strict teacher will produce a good disciple, and the emperor's crimes are the same as those of the common people... Why do you care about this? Do you think I will blame you for this matter?"
Xiao Chen quickly knelt down again and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Xiao Chen would never dare to do this!"
In fact, Xiao Chen had already imagined the situation as soon as he came over.
Including him, he was always paying attention to the movements of Zhou Tianfu next to him.
He almost understood that Zhou Tianfu must have said something.
Fortunately, he had already made preparations, asking Ji Hongluan to keep an eye on the Prime Minister's Mansion, and contact Chen Jin immediately if there was any movement.
Chu Yanwu stared at Xiao Chen for a while, but didn't say much.
The atmosphere in the palace became more solid.
Xiao Chen lowered his face and said nothing, as if waiting for resignation.
But in the end, Chu Yanwu still didn't say anything: "Okay, get up first! I'm not a fussy person!"
"But I want to warn you, the Ninth Prince is my closest relative. If you continue to teach him like this in the future, then you will be punished with the Ninth Prince!"
Xiao Chen quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, Xiao Chen will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations!"
When Zhou Tianfu heard this situation, he felt more and more that something was wrong.
He rolled his eyes and was already thinking quickly about how to deal with it.
But before he could speak, Xiao Chen continued: "Xiao Chen has one more thing to ask His Majesty. Why did Your Majesty summon Xiao Chen?"
Chu Yanwu's tone softened a little: "Someone told me that you asked your female guards to assassinate Zhou Tianfu. Is this true?"
When Xiao Chen heard this, his face became very depressed for a moment, and he even said without thinking: "Your Majesty! Xiao Chen is unjust!"
"What can you be wronged about?"
Chu Yanwu frowned slightly: "Based on my situation, the evidence is conclusive! Don't tell me you didn't do this!"
Before Xiao Chen could answer, Zhou Tianfu spoke first: "Your Majesty! You must thoroughly investigate Jiang Rongfeng's death!"
Zhou Tianfu knew it very well.
Jiang Rongfeng has now been assassinated by the killer he sent.
The current situation is that no one can prove that Xiao Chen was not involved in corruption.
The main one on my side is a dead man with no evidence!
It's best to put the blame on Xiao Chen today. If you delay for a long time, it will be troublesome!
There was a hint of solemnity on Xiao Chen's face: "Your Majesty, the killer will definitely not show his appearance when he commits an assassination... How did you know that the killer was sent by me?"
Chu Yanwu's face had a hint of chill: "Zhou Aiqing said very clearly before that someone found a handkerchief embroidered with a red Luan bird in the cell, and the craftsmanship of that handkerchief came from Jiangdong Road, and it belonged to your female guard. Something unique!”
"Don't tell me this handkerchief can't prove anything!"
When Xiao Chen heard this, his eyes were very indifferent, he was calm and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have some objections to your statement!"
"The handkerchief embroidered with red phoenix birds is indeed belonging to my female guard, and I have some impression... But a few days ago, my female guard lost this handkerchief... She was still asking around in the East Factory If anyone has seen it, I even asked the city’s police officers to help find it! If your Majesty doesn’t believe it, feel free to ask!”
Having said this, Xiao Chen chuckled and said angrily: "I was also curious why my female guard lost a handkerchief for no reason...it turned out to be used here!"
When Xiao Chen said this, Zhou Tianfu became furious: "Xiao Chen, don't use strong words to reason!"
"Don't think that you can negate the possibility of you by throwing this matter out! It's extremely easy for you to bribe the people and servants in the East Factory! It's definitely not that simple when the handkerchief appears in the prison!"
However, Xiao Chen directly responded: "I'm telling you, Prime Minister, can you have some brains? Whose assassin brought a handkerchief that symbolized his identity when he went to assassinate? Even if she has no brains, I also have brains. !"
When Zhou Tianfu heard this, he almost lost his temper: "Okay! I advise you not to mess around! The evidence is conclusive and irrefutable. I advise you to get rid of the law as soon as possible!"
The two people almost had a fight in the palace.
Chu Yanwu sounded very angry and said angrily: "That's enough!"
